Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 30, 2023

Good luck if you like John, find yourself in the middle. Have a great weekend. This best happens through storytelling and data analysis to support an opportunity in the business that is shared by all (like customer order reliability). Don’t fight the fire, use data to drive alignment. I only share the results in aggregate.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2023

It also delayed the Red Sox game a little bit, but I’m sure that many good times were still had. Xeneta’s analysis also shows that Russia substantially increased its import of goods from China. Have a great weekend and enjoy the song of the week “Running On Empty” by Jackson Browne.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2023

An initial estimate of this year’s retail holiday spending indicates a mixed bag, depending on either retail industry, consumer goods producer or logistics and transportation industry perspectives. From an industry standpoint, retailers began their promotional activities weeks before the Thanksgiving and Black Friday holiday weekend period.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2024

This weekend, I edited the Supply Chains to Admire report. Orbit Charts for Kimberly-Clark and Kellogg for 2013-2022 A good friend of mine, asked, “Isn’t this the impact of the pandemic.” The report was scheduled to publish in the summer of 2023, but life got in the way. The full report publishes this week.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

While companies continue to take steps to fight counterfeit goods, it is becoming increasingly harder to keep counterfeits off secondary markets (and you’ll see more of that in the news roundup). Last month, the company released its third annual “Brand Protection Report” and said it disposed of over 6 million counterfeit goods in 2022.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

During August, I moved and I spent the weekend painting my new shed with gloppy, wet deck paint. Standing in the hot sun covered in paint was a good time for reflection. This past weekend was a US Holiday–Labor Day. In short, the order is not a good proxy for market demand. The rising cost of supply.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

I am looking for good quality beer crafted to remove gluten. Have a great weekend and enjoy this week’s video, One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, by George Thorogood. Earlier this morning I was thinking about something different, yet interesting to discuss in the intro paragraph of this week in logistics news. So I will.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 15, 2022

According to the latest data from Datasembly ’s Grocery Price Index, baking goods jumped 7.6%, snacks such as cookies and chips increased 7.5%, and dairy and eggs were up 6.9% Have a good weekend, don’t smush stink bugs, and enjoy this week’s video, “Money for Nothing” by Dire Straits.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2024

“Though apt at navigating myriad supply chain challenges, retailers welcome the Ocean Shipping Reform Implementation Act to address long-standing issues in the ocean shipping industry, untangle supply chain congestion, and remove barriers to the movement of goods.” That’s all for this week.

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Supply Chain Digest

APRIL 6, 2023

Have a Good Laugh as we Cruise into a Holiday Weekend for Many

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

According to this latest shopper sentiment survey, three-quarters (74 percent) of holiday shoppers plan to shop during the five-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend this year. The top indicated reasons consumers plan to shop during this period are either because the deals are too good to pass up (61 percent) or because of tradition (28 percent).

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

To keep its workers safe, the organization is providing important information on how dog owners can be good stewards for safe mail delivery as part of its annual National Dog Bite Awareness Week public service campaign. This year’s theme is “Even good dogs have bad days.” The campaign runs Sunday, June 4, through Saturday, June 10.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2023

Unfortunately, the market for counterfeit goods, especially on online marketplaces, continues to grow. The push to deliver goods faster has also put a premium on speed in fulfillment centers, leading workers to stuff goods in the closest available boxes. And now more retailers are exploring the use of on-demand boxing.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Every day, 24/7/365 truck drivers are crossing not only the nation, but roads across the globe delivering goods to our homes, our local stores, hospitals, warehouses, plants, and beyond. If you bought it, it’s likely that a truck brought it. It’s a tough job, completed by over 3 million men and women in the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Some companies expect to cut ocean-freight rates by half or more, which in turn could allow retailers to slow or stop price increases for goods. Shipping volumes had surged as consumers spent more on goods during the Covid-19 pandemic. Enjoy the weekend, and the song of the week, 99 Luftballons by NENA. Retailers in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 29, 2022

Marketing is all about communication too, and without good marketing, you don’t have a business to speak of. We’ve just mentioned that teamwork is a crucial factor when it comes to being a good nurse and ensuring your patients’ health and wellbeing. You’ll have to work hard, and that can mean weekends and holidays.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 30, 2021

Watching the commercial definitely made me feel nostalgic for the good old days of 80’s cartoon mascots. Truck driving shortage impacting cost of goods. Increased demand for consumer goods, especially as the pandemic has lingered on, are exacerbating the capacity crunch. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2021

or the 4th industrial revolution – the combination of smart technology, machine to machine communications and IOT – it’s good to remember that the logistics space is right in the middle of that, both in a business and consumer context. So when we talk a lot about Industry 4.0

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 14, 2019

req’d) Alibaba’s Latest Deal Should Deliver the Goods (WSJ – sub. req’d) Alibaba’s Latest Deal Should Deliver the Goods (WSJ – sub. Have a great weekend! Since I’ll be giving a talk this morning on digital transformation, I am short on time, so I’ll share my comments next week.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Logistics operators added jobs in January, though employment was down over the previous 12 months as companies continue to grapple with a downturn in the goods-moving economy. Enjoy the weekend, the Super Bowl, and the song of the week, Taylor Swift’s Don’t Blame Me. That’s all for this week.

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Logility

AUGUST 10, 2021

But for anyone in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, figuring out how to compete in a demand-driven consumer packaged goods market has been a roller coaster of both uncertainty and opportunity. Here are three ways to help position your business to compete in a demand-driven consumer packaged goods market.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Robots may be the future, but robotic arms are apparently no good at using an old, steadfast form of technology: the barcode. Enjoy the weekend, the upcoming holidays, and the song of the week, which always puts the holiday season in my heart, Christmas Eve / Sarajevo by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. billion for the quarter, up 14.5

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 20, 2016

With Black Friday on the horizon, consumer goods of all kinds are making their way from manufacturers to distribution centers and retail locations across the country. The industry experiences more cargo theft incidents when there is a higher volume of consumer goods moving through the supply chain.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

A good format for content on social networks is selections of books, movies, etc. You can publish a post on the last day of the workweek and encourage people to watch it on weekends. This mechanic works well because people are consuming a lot of content on the weekends and, as a result, you will get several times more reach and views.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2022

When a package gets mis-sorted and it goes into the wrong package car, that’s not a very good experience for our customer, and it’s actually just a drag on productivity.” Thankfully, for McCormick, no one raw material makes up more than 5 percent of its total cost of goods sold. That’s all for this week.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

has acquired Skipcart, a startup that has developed a major network of drivers for the last-mile delivery of restaurant food, grocery, convenience-store, and other goods in the United States. A good chunk of these is found in California, home to 41,300 private and public power outlets. 7-Eleven Inc. That’s all for this week.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 20, 2022

Good news is on the way, however. This shortfall is impeding efforts to transport goods and, in doing so, further hobbling an already-delicate supply chain. US officials and their allies in Europe, Asia, and the Pacific are promoting and funding new production and trading channels for essential goods that run though friendly nations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

Procter & Gamble (P&G) , the American multinational consumer goods corporation, is continuing to invest in digital transformation, focusing specifically on the supply chain, retail execution, and environmental sustainability. Enjoy the weekend and the song of the week, Respect by Aretha Franklin. That’s all for this week.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 2, 2022

But we have good news — finally! Blue Yonder conducted its own Black Friday survey to gauge shopping trends and buyer behaviors, and Erin Halka , Senior Director, Industry Strategy, shared her insights in the blog post Black Friday/Cyber Monday Weekend: Three Takeaways From Our Latest Survey. are filled with inventory.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 5, 2022

The staff at SupplyChainBrain notes, “Some of the goods remain stuck at seaports and some are heading to liquidators.”[1] … Companies are struggling to find space for the glut of apparel, kitchen appliances and other goods filling up their supply chains.” … And it’s not just Walmart.”[2].

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

But here we did want to accentuate the positive and discuss lessons learned from Good Bosses! Having worked for at least two dozen bosses over the years, a quick sortation reveals that half of them I considered good and half were either bad, or not quite so good. Good bosses have your back. They Have Your Back.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 23, 2022

along with a weekend to drop them off at our home. Blue Yonder offers its associates two, paid Volunteer Time Off (VTO) days so I decided to use my VTO day the following Monday to take the goods to Rennes. From early Saturday morning, a dozen people were lined up to drop off the goods. We knew we were going to be overwhelmed!

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 6, 2021

As a result, the 2021 holiday shopping season could be marred by out-of-stock goods and shipping delays. The disasters have damaged railways used for the delivery of goods and raw materials in both regions. Enjoy the weekend and the song of the week, Scandal’s the Warrior. That’s all for this week.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

With Autonomous Pickup, Flytrex drones can pick up orders from restaurants and retailers via dropdown wire, and fly directly to customers’ homes to deliver the goods, removing the human component from the delivery process. Enjoy the weekend, and the song of the week, Apple Tree by Wolfmother. That’s all for this week.

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Kinaxis

MARCH 7, 2019

This may mean big savings when compared to an annual all-hands-on-deck physical inventory often incurring overtime and after-hours or weekend premium work. If, further, individual units are sold out of the cartons, then only the number of individual units necessary to fill the forward pick location(s) should be out of the cartons.

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SCM Research

JULY 11, 2014

So far, Germany has won the FIFA World Cup three times, in 1954, 1974 and 1990, and there is a good chance that it will win it a fourth time this weekend. So, why is this a topic for a supply chain blog?

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

” That’s good news for retailers — if they’re ready … now. Walter Loeb ( @LoebWalter ), a former senior retail analyst at Morgan Stanley, adds, “Promotions will start earlier than ever before, with stores advertising ‘Black Friday’ prices to entice shoppers ahead of the Thanksgiving weekend.”[3]

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